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slutskayafan21 said:94 Olympics Urmanov vs Stojko-Urmanov had a very good performance, but it was not the championship performance of the evening cleary for me. That was Stojko's. Urmanov had 7 clean triples, and 2 triple axels, but no triple-triples.
Stojko had 7 triples, 2 triple axels as well, and a triple axel-triple toe. Stojko's spins were far better. His footwork was a bit more intricate. He was clearly faster and had the better ice coverage. They had different style, they were similarly good in musical interpretation, and choreographic quality I felt. Urmanov has the better line and extension, but Stojko skated with more command and conviction of the two that night. Stojko should have been the Olympic Champion, and Urmanov the Olympic silver medalist.
98 Olympics dance event-There was clearly a block of 5 judges-Poland, Russia, Itally, Czech Republic, and the Ukraine which dictated the results. Bourne and Kraatz were robbed of atleast a bronze medal by this beyond any doubt. Punsalen/Swallow of the U.S were robbed of a higher finish then 7th. Anissina
/Peizerat were pushed onto the podium by this, Lobacheva/Averbuhk were pushed into the top 5, Fusar-Poli/Margalio were pushed up to 6th over a team like Punsalen/Swallow setting them up nicely for the next quadrennial, the Ukranians and Czechs were bumped up in the final placings. A truly shameful exhibition of pre-orchestrated resuls.
2002 Olympics pairs event-Do I really need to say anything?
What is a championship performance? It is a performance that is better than everyone else's. Urmanov's qualified for this. Elvis popped the first triple axel into a single. Then he replaced the planned quad with a triple axel. He may have felt that he needed to land two triple axels to win. So he missed his biggest weapon, the quad. The quality/technique of Urmanov's jumps was much better, except for the triple flip which he landed VERY awkwardly. Elvis always lands forward on his jumps and his lack of lines and extension hurt him in the presentation marks. Urmanov's program was more traditional, and that helped him in a close competition. It was a close competiton but the right skater won. Elvis could have won by doing the jumps he had planned to do- he needed those high technical marks to win with a nontraditional program.
I won't even go through the long list you provided about the 1998 Olympics. IMO Anissina-Peizerat skated Three strong programs and placed ahead of B&K. I remember that Tracy Wilson said B&K's OD was not difficult enough, or something to that effect. IIRC B&K did place ahead of A&P in the FD.
In 2002 the original results (B&S won) were correct. Only politics gave the double gold medal to S&P. I don't expect you to agree with me on this, since your Canadian bias is evident.
Vash